Cash-register.



W.. M. MGGARTHY.

CASH REGISTER. APPLIUATION Hmm 0012.27, i906.

1,088,831 Patented Mar. 3, 191.4

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CASH REGISTER.

A PPLICATON FILED 0CT.27,1905. 1,088,831, Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

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CASH REGISTER.

ArPLIGATIoN Plum 061211906.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

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liti STATES FATENT OFFICE.

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. mail concern en ot the United States, residing in the. county ot Montgomery clot" Ohio.vv have invented certain w and useful improvements in Cash-Regt' which I declare the following to he clean and exact. description. invention relates to impro'ements in I ters and more particularly to that machines provided with a pluralit).7 receptacles. principal object ot' this invention is loyla series ofinanipulative devices nino; anyY desired one of a. plurality `receptacles upon the movement of its fc i'nanipulative device. ner object of this invention is an imeroent in latching devices tor the set-ting ot the machine. iol-.lier object of this invention is to emiiash for concealing the indicators e machine is properly operated. i these and incidental objects in View, invention consists in certain novel feaoi construction and combination ot ci. the ssentialelements of which are ci 'orth in appended claims and a preterred torni of embodiment of which is hereinafter specifically7 described with reference to the drawings which accompan)r and ferm '-axft of this specification.

Gf said drawings: Figure 1 represents a 'Fai transverse section of the machine the indicators and a part of the cash recegit-uclcs omitted. Fig. 2 represents a `similar section looking in the opposite direction with all of the cash receptacles omit ted. 3 represents an end elevation of the mi :hine showing the printing mechanisi'n. lli j. et represents a detail side view i'iartlf.T in .,ection of the gearingfor operating the printing platen. Fig. 5 represents a detail side elevation of the clerks ke)Y bank' and the operatingl handle of the machine; and Fig. 6 represents a rear elevation ot the drawer plungers and their operating" levers.

ii'vhile this invent-ion is shown as applied to a tvne of. machine shown and described in Britifn Letters Patent No. 4543 .of 1903 granted to HQS. Hallw'ood, it may with Specification o Letters Patent.

Application filed October 2 n that I, NVILLIAM M. McCan- I i M. MCCABTHY, OF DAYTON, i), SSIGNGR TO THE NATIONAL CASH :ESTER COMPANY, F '.DYTCN, @I i A SRPOEATION 0F OHIO, (INCORPO- TER.

Patented Mar. 3. 1914.

7, 1806, Serial No 340,96?.

be applied to any of the Well of machine now upon the i operating handle 1 is made tast to a central transverse shaft 2 around which is coiled a stoutl springF 3, one end of which other end rests upon the top of an arm piroted to a rearwardly extendingr portion 6 of the operating` handle 1. Yokes 7 which are pivoted upon the shafts t2 and 8, the latter being- ,r mounted in the same plane as the former. rest upon the arm A spring 9 is interposed n from said arm, and a stud 11 mounted upon .the rearwardly extending portion. (i of the handle 1.y so as to absorb any shock given to the yokes by a violent operation of the handle. @ne end of each volte is attached to a step trame 12 which is controlled by its respective series of keys. while the other ends of said voices extend through the right hand side frame of the machine and have pinned lo them type carriersl which are loosely mounted upon a continuation of the shaft The nmrwardl)` extending arm of each step frame (Fig. 2) to .which is attached its respective yoke, is provided with a pin ,1-1 which plavs in an elongated slot 15 of a link The upper end of each link 16 is connected to one end of an arm 1T, the other end` ot said arm being provided with a segmental rack 18 which meshes with a pinion 19 fast to an indicator 2O mounted upon a vshaft 21.l The arm 17 is losely -mounted upon a shaft 22 around which is coiled a spring 23, one end of which bears upon the arm 17 and the other end is fastened to the shaft therebyv tending to hold the-indicator in the position shown. Attached to each pinion 19 is a star wheel 24 which is enj f'agcd by an aliningfpawl 25. These, alining pawls. of which there is one for each star wheel, are rocked out of and into engagement with said star wheels b v means not shown here but which are' fullv shown and described in the aforementioned patent.

The operating handle is latched in the position shown in Fig. 1 bv a pawl 2G which engages a pin 2'( termed on said handle, the pawl being held in such engagement by between an ear 10 projecting' abats against a horizontal rod 4 and the .10 upon the shaft 8.

thereon from under a 30 key 41.

a light spring 28 coiled about a stub shaft 29 which acts as a fulcruin for said pawl. A laterally proiecting pin 30 extends from -said pawl 26 and is arranged to be engaged 5 by the upper end of a pivoted arm 31, the lower end of said arm being provided with an anti-friction. roller 32 which extends into the path of a depending arm 33 of a detent plate 34 (Fig. 5) whichis loosely mounted The upper end of the arm 31 is held in contact. with the pin 30 by a very light. coil spring 35. l The detent plate 34 at its forward edge is provided with a series of hook fingers 36 15 which have blunt ends 37 with the exception of the lowermost linger which is rounded and slightly longer than the rest.' The eight upper keys 40 are clerks keys and the bottom key 41 is v a release key. Upon 2'0 depressing one ofl theclerks keys its later` ally extending pin 42 will contact with a p'latje 43, which is pivotally mounted'upon a trans-verse shaft`44, and rock said plate rearwardly carrying a shoulder 45 formed pin 46 projecting from the detent plate 34, allowing said plate 34 to be drawn downwardly by spring 47 until the bottom finger laterally projecting pin 48 lof the release This'niovement of the plate 34 is suliicient to latch Ithe perated key in its depressed position by its respective hook finger 36 and the remainder of the clerks keys in their outermost position bythe blunt ends 37 of the rest 'of the hook fingers' passing under the` pins 42. Thislimited move-v ment of the plate 34 brings itsdepending arm 33 against the roller 32 projecting from the' arm 31. Now Aupon depressing the release key 41 the plate34 will be given an additional Amovement by the spring 47 thereby rocking the arm 31, which 'will vin turn disengage the of the handle 1 allowing 'the handle to be operated by. its spring .As the handle 1 moves upwardly and rearwardlythe part 6 moves downwardly and forwardly. The lower end of the part 6 (Fig. 1) is provided AVwith an elongated slot 49 which vstraddles 5o a rod 50 mounted within a slide 51 which in turn is mounted upon two rods 52 (only one being shown) that extend from the front to the rear of the machine and which are supported at their ends by lugs 53 extending 55 up from the base.

The slide 51" is vequipped with an antijl which, when the slide is contacts' with the under incline fside of a pawl' 55 pivoted to a lever 69'56 andelev'ates the free fend of said pawl. pon the' return of the slide 'to its normal p 'on theeroller 5.4 rides upon `the upper Hllme'side ofthe pawl and depressesl same. the being its downward 65 movement. a pin 5'( `on the lever 546 carlward movement by an contacts with' the pawl 26 from the pin 27' Q70. This pinion carries a ries the latter with it. This lever is pivoted to the frame of the machine at 5S and' is provided with a forwardly extending arm 59 which lies under a frame 60 pivoted upon the shaft 44. As the rear end of the lever 56 is depressed as 'above described the forward extension 59 of the lever will rock the frame 60 which will return the detent 'plate 34, by means of its depending'arm 33,

to its normal position thereby keys 407 41 and the plate 43 to return to their home position through suitable springs (not shown). The above described frame 6() also releases the detentframes of the amount key banks. As the roller 54 passes off the upper side of the pawl 55 the parts actuated through the means of said roller are returned to their .normal position by a spring 61 coiled about the shaft 44, one end being fastened to said shaft and the other en d bearing on the upper .port-ion of the frame 60. The latter is limited in its downextension 62 of said the base of the niaallowing the frame contacting with chine, while the lever 56 is limited in its upward movement by a flange 63 formed thereon coming in contact with the roller 54.

The step frames 12' and the type carriers 13 connected to the yokes 7 arecontrolled by the clerks? keys 40 and the amount keys 64. Resting upon the three outermost yokes 7, which are controlled by the amount keys.

are depending arms 65 of levers 66. Itwill be seen, as the yokes drop to a position determined by the amount keys depressed, they will be followed by the levers 66. These le- .vers carry pawls 67 which when the levers ,are returned to their normal loperating handle,

position, by the will registerupon the adding wheels 68 the sum represented by the keys depressed.

Just before the yokes 7 start to descend the alining pawls 25 are rocked out of en gagemen't with the star wheels-24, allowing the indicators` to be rotated to a position to indicate the amountl represented bythe operated keys. As the handle 1 commences its downward movement to return the yokes to their normal position the pawls 25 are rocked into engagement with thestar wheels vto lock the indicators in their adplsted position, -while the elongated slots 1 5 in links 16 allow 'the yokes tov be returned. all of which is fully shown and described in the aforementioned patent.

The shaft 2 to which is fastened the operating handle'l has also secured to it a seg#- mental rack 67 (Figsjl and sleeve 69- which in turn rotates about a shaft pawl 71 spring pressed into engagement .with a raisedvpor. tion 72 ofthesleeive 69. As the segment 67 is oscillated upon each operation of themaehine the pinion 68 is given'a completejrevo- 4) which meshes \vith a .pinion 68loosely. mounted upon al v lution inboth directions; when moving in. the direction of the arrow in Fig. 4 the pawl l rides idly about the sleeve 69, but when moving in the o posite direction the pawl engages the nose l2 and rotates the sleeve 69.

A cam 73 is carried bythe sleeve 69, and as said sleeve. is rotated lforces the platen 74 against the type carriers 13 lthereby making an impression upon the record strip 754 which is fed over said platen in any suitable manner.y Any of the well known forms of inking devices may be employed to ink the type. v

y Referring now to Fig. 1 it will be seen that the laterally extending pins 42 of the clerks keys 40 engage inclined slots 7 5 formed in the forward ends of a series of bell-crank levers 76, which arepivoted upon the shaft 8. The downwardly extending ends of said levers are bent at diierent angles so as to bring them into engagement with their respective drawer plunger oper-v ating. arms 77 (Fig. 6). Each of the downward ends of the bell-crank 76 is vprovided with an elongated cam slot 78 which straddles a pin 79 lnounted upon its respective arm 77, the latter being pivoted upon a.

transverse shaft 80. The rear ends of the arms 77 are provided with enlarged slots 81, in the bottoms of which rest pins 82 of the drawer 'plungers 83. These plungers pass downwardly through the casing of the machine and engage with latches 84 secured to the rear of the cash drawers 84a and hold the same in their innermost. position against the tension of springs 85. The enlarged slots 81 and lthe arms 71 permit of an independent movement of the drawer plungers yupon the closing of the cash drawers.

The plate 43, (Figs. 2 and 5) is provided at its, upper end with a wiper pawl 86, which engages a flange 87 on the lower end of a bell crank lever 87, when any of the clerks keys or the release key is' operated, and rocks the upper hook end ofsaidlever out of engagement with a pin 88 mounted on an arm 89 supporting flashes 90 which are immediately drawn to concealing position by kspring 91. A pin 92 on the side frame (Fig. 3) limits the movement of the flashes in one-,direction. 'The wiper pawl 86 passes over the flange 87 immediately after the bell-crank 87a is rocked suiciently l to release the Hash arm 89 and the said bellupper position bythe release of the flash arm 89 is arranged to be engaged by a cam ming projection 95 secured to a forward extension' of an arm 96 fastened to the rock shaft 2, when the latter is rotated in a rearward direction upon the operation of the release key 41, and thereby return the link 93 and flashes 90 to the position shown in Fig. 3. The link 93 is guided in its movements by an elongated slot 93a formed therein straddling a shaft 9'3".

It will be seen from the above descriptiony thatupo'n depressing any one of the clerks keys its corresponding cash drawer will be opened and the indication concealed, entirely independent of the operation of the machine. t

If it were not for the flash mechanism a dishonest clerk could manipulate the machine, if he had two successive sales of the same amount, by simply depressing his key for the second operation which would release his drawer but would not destroy the previous indication ;'the customer seeing the clrks drawer opened "and the correct amount of thefpurchase displayed upon the indicators would think the machine had been properly operated, whereas all they clerk had done was to simply release his cash drawer.

It isito be understood that while the release key is shown as mounted in the same bank ,as the clerks keys, it does not release any of the cash drawers nor control the movement of the clerks graduated step frame.

With a register as above, described it will be seen that ifr any discrepancy occurs between the amount shown on the adding wheels and that in the cash drawers, it can be easily traced by means of the record strip upen which is recorded the initial of the` clerk as weil as the amount of each transaction.

ihile the form or" mechanism here shown and described is admirably adapted to fulfil the objects primarily stated, it is to be understood that the invention is not confined to any forni of embodiment of the in ventidn here disclosed, for it is susceptible oi' embodii'nent lin various forms all comin within the scope of the claims which lfollow.

lVhat is claimed is as follows:

l. In a cash register, the combination with a plurality of keys and a plurality of cash receptacles, of connecting means from each key tor releasing the corresponding receptacle, a special key, a detent mechanism common to all,of said, keys, an 'operating mechanism for the register, a lock for said` nleclianism controlled by said detent, said detent being so constructed as to requireian operation of 'the special 4key after one of said releasing keys has been depressed.

2. In a cash register, the combination with a pluralitrv of keys, and a corresponding number o cash receptacles, of-means normally locking each receptacle, means opt erated by the'keys for releasing the locking means for the corresponding receptacle, an operating mechanism, a lock tor said mechanism, a special key for releasing said lock and a detent common to all said keys.

3. ln a cash ixcy'\-tei', the combination vv'itli a plurality of initial keys and a special key, of delent means common to said keys, an o'ierating mechanism normally locked, but released by oliver-ating said special key which gives a full movement of said detent, the construction of said deten'. being' such that a partial movement thereof suiiicient to lock the initial keys occurs when any 'initial key is operated, a plurality ot cash receptacles with separate means lor latcl'iing' each receptacle, and 'connections from cach initial key to unlock one ol' the receptacles.

ln a cash ree'ister, the cmnbination uwith a plurality of keys, a corresponding number of cash receptacles, latching means tor each receptacle operateigl by the keys. a special key, a detent common to all oi' :saaid keys, said detent being` so constructed as torequire an operation of thc special key alter i one of said operating keys has been operated, an indicator, an operating mechanism, controlled by said detent, a shield for the indicator moved to- (concealing position when said detent is operated, and means cont-rolled by the operating'mechanism for moving the shield to exposing position.

5. In a cash register, the cinnbination with a plurality ot' initial keys, of a plurality of cash safes each having a movable part, latching means for the movable parts, connections whereby the actuation of a key operates the latchinr device for one ot the movable parts, a special key,n detent mechanism so constructed as to 'require an operation of the special key after one oi' said initial keys has been operated, an indicator, a shield for said indicator, normally in posing position and adapted to be n'ioved to concealing position upon an operation ot said detent, an operating mechanism controlled by said detent and means controlled by the operating mechanism for moving the shield to exposing position.

6.v ln a cash register, the combination with i a plurality of keys and corresponding number et cash receptacles, of means for' rclcasing any receptacle by the actuation of the proper key, a special key, a detent common to all oi' said keys, an operating mechanism for the machine controlled by the special key, and means controlled by said mechanism. for releasing the key detent.

7. ln a cash register, the conibinatitm with manipulative devices, of cash safes having movable parts, means operated by said cevices for releasing a desired movable part, a special n'ianipulative device, a common means for retaining said devices in operated position, an operating mechanism for the machine controlled by the special manipul lative device, and means controlled by said i mechanism for releasing said retaining means.

8. In a cash register, the combination with ,a plurality of mai'iipulative devices, of a plurality of cash safes having movable parts normally in concealing position but released by the actuation ot the manipulative devices, av special manipulative device, detent mechanism for all of said manipulative devices and so constructed as to require an operation of the special manipulative devices after one of said lirst mentioned manipulative devices has been operated, 'an indicator, a shield for the same released and allowed to move to concealing position by'theactuation of said detent, and an operating mechanism for the ma chine controlled b the latter and serving to return said shiel to ,normal eX- posing position.

9. ln a cash register, the combination With a plurality of manipulative devicesand a plurality of cash safes having movable parts, separate latching means for each movable part, means connecting each manipulative device to the corresponding latching means so that. the actuation of a device moves the latehing means to releasing position and retains it, a special manipulative device, an operating mechanism for the machine controlled by the latter, a detent cornmeans actuated by said operating mechanism for releasing said detent to Aallowv the manipulative device and the latching means to return to normal position.

,10. In a cash register7 the combination with accounting devices, of oscillatory actuatingelements therefor, keys for limiting the movement of the actuating elements in one direction, a normally locked operating mechanism arranged when released to automatically move with the actuating elements and'to be manually 'operated to return the elements in the opposite direction, a special key for releasing the operating mechanism, a plurality' of initial keys and a corresponding number of cash receptacles, and a common locking means .for said special and initial keys.

lll. ln a cash register, the combination with a plurality of keys anda corresponding number ot' cash receptacles, latching means for the receptacles operated by said ke a normally locked operating mechanism for the register and means operated independently of the etere-mentioned keys for releasing the operating mechanism and locking the keys from operation.

.ln a cash register, the combination with a plurality of keys and a corresponding number of cash receptacles, latching means for the receptacles 'controlled by said keys, a normally locked operating mechanism for l the register and means operated independ-l mon to all of said manipulative devices, and

. thef purpose ot" latching a Jplurality of said keys when they are successively operated..

I' quence, of a detaining device vcommon toallf --.of -said manipulative devices constructed to va normally locked operating mechanism for latching means for said keys Ac'onstrmit'edtof--v when the sequencel of operation -is varied.

'said keys in depressed positions.

entlyof tle afore-mentionedkeys for releas 13. In' a 'cash register, the combination with a plurality o'f keys and a corresponding number of cash receptacles, latching means for the receptacles controlled byj said keys,

the register, and vmeans controlled by a special key V for 'releasing' the operating mechanism, and locking the first mentioned I keys from operation.-

14. -In a cash register, the combination with a plurality of keys 'arrangedto' beop; erated in a certain'sequence, and a-commonvlock lthe unoperated keys from' operation 15. *Ini a machine of the' class described; the combination with a series o f depfressibl'e keys, and a member differentially movable orjthe purpose of Alatchilig ifplurality :of

16,.Ina machine of the class described, the combination with a .series .of depressible keys, and a detent differentially movable for 17. In fa. cash register, the combination 4with aA plurality of manipulative devices; arranged to be 'operated 1n .a'.certain sei:

inoperative ,-position.

render inoperative the unoperatedmanipu lative devices when the sequence is varied.

18. In a cash register, the combination with a plurality of vmanipulative devices', of a detaining device common'thereto 4o o'n-A structed so as to detain successively operated manipulative devices without previously operated; I

19. In a cash register, the'combiiiationwith a. plurality of keys,of" asingledetent plate therefor 'constructed sdas'gtplatch successively operated keys vvvthut rleasijigiii; those previously operated. 2011111 a ca shv register, the' combination with 'a plurality of- :keys v ar'ranged "t6 be .operated` in akertain Asefquenlce,(it'. a lat/ ching m'eans commen to "said keys constructed 'to' lock the unoperated keys Afrom Voperation*4 -when the sequence is varied,- and means-com 'trolled by the keys inormallyfjhpldi-ng the l'atchingfmeans 'in an inoperative position;

21'. In a cash register, tietombination i5i5' with aplurality of keys, of ajdlfferentlally 'movable '-flatclng means common said keys, and means, also Commonto sa1d" keys',' 

